Gabriel Alejandro Giraldo Santiago
Published © GPL3+

Monitoring System for Smart Crops

Design and build a system to monitor the status of your crops using the Netduino 3 WiFi.

IntermediateFull instructions provided5 hours3,767

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Netduino
Wilderness Labs Netduino
×1
Base Shield V2
Seeed Studio Base Shield V2
×1
Grove - Air quality sensor v1.3
Seeed Studio Grove - Air quality sensor v1.3
×1
Grove - OLED Display 1.12'' V2
Seeed Studio Grove - OLED Display 1.12'' V2
×1
Grove - Sunlight Sensor
Seeed Studio Grove - Sunlight Sensor
×1
Grove - Barometer Sensor (BMP280)
Seeed Studio Grove - Barometer Sensor (BMP280)
×1
Seeed Studio water grove sensor
×1
Seeed Studio Temp&Hum grove sensor
×1
Seeed Studio UV grove sensor
×1

Software apps and online services

Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
MIT App Inventor
MIT App Inventor

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Computer

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Schematics

CONECTIONS GROVE SENSORS

Code

PROGRAM.CS

C#
*/
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.SPOT;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware;
using Microsoft.SPOT.Net.NetworkInformation;
using SecretLabs.NETMF.Hardware.Netduino;
using smarCrops.NetMF.Sensor;
using smartCrops.IoT.NetMF;
 
namespace smartCrops.IoT.AdaFruitIO.NetMF.Client
{
   public class Program
   {
      private const string adaFruitIOApiBaseUrl = @"https://IO.adafruit.com/api/v2/";
      private const string group = "netduino3";
      private const string temperatureFeedKey = "t";
      private const string temperatureFeedKey = "te";
      private const string uvFeedKey = "uv";
      private const string airqualityFeedKey = "aq";
      private const string sunlightFeedKey = "s";
      private const string humidityFeedKey = "h";
      private const string barometerFeedKey = "b";
      private const string adaFruitUserName = "YourUserName";
      private const string adaFruitIOApiKey = "YourAPIKey";
      private static readonly TimeSpan timerDueAfter = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 15);
      private static readonly TimeSpan timerPeriod = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30);
      private static OutputPort led = new OutputPort(Pins.ONBOARD_LED, false);
      private static SiliconLabsSI7005 sensor = new SiliconLabsSI7005();
      private static AdaFruitIoClient adaFruitIoClient = new AdaFruitIoClient(adaFruitUserName, adaFruitIOApiKey, adaFruitIOApiBaseUrl);
 
      public static void Main()
      {
         // Wait for Network address if DHCP
         NetworkInterface networkInterface = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()[0];
         if (networkInterface.IsDhcpEnabled)
         {
            Debug.Print(" Waiting for DHCP IP address");
 
            while (NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()[0].IPAddress == IPAddress.Any.ToString())
            {
               Debug.Print(" .");
               led.Write(!led.Read());
               Thread.Sleep(250);
            }
            led.Write(false);
         }
 
         // Display network config for debugging
         Debug.Print("Network configuration");
         Debug.Print(" Network interface type : " + networkInterface.NetworkInterfaceType.ToString());
         Debug.Print(" MAC Address : " + BytesToHexString(networkInterface.PhysicalAddress));
         Debug.Print(" DHCP enabled : " + networkInterface.IsDhcpEnabled.ToString());
         Debug.Print(" Dynamic DNS enabled : " + networkInterface.IsDynamicDnsEnabled.ToString());
         Debug.Print(" IP Address : " + networkInterface.IPAddress.ToString());
         Debug.Print(" Subnet Mask : " + networkInterface.SubnetMask.ToString());
         Debug.Print(" Gateway : " + networkInterface.GatewayAddress.ToString());
 
         foreach (string dnsAddress in networkInterface.DnsAddresses)
         {
            Debug.Print(" DNS Server : " + dnsAddress.ToString());
         }
 
         Timer humidityAndtemperatureUpdates = new Timer(HumidityAndTemperatureTimerProc, null, timerDueAfter, timerPeriod);
 
         Thread.Sleep(Timeout.Infinite);
      }
 
      static private void HumidityAndTemperatureTimerProc(object state)
      {
         led.Write(true);
 
         try
         {
            double humidity = sensor.Humidity();
 
            Debug.Print(" Humidity " + humidity.ToString("F0") + "%");
            adaFruitIoClient.FeedUpdate(group, humidityFeedKey, humidity.ToString("F0"));
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            Debug.Print("Humidifty read+update failed " + ex.Message);
 
            return;
         }
 
         try
         {
            double temperature = sensor.Temperature();
 
            Debug.Print(" Temperature " + temperature.ToString("F1") + "°C");
            adaFruitIoClient.FeedUpdate(group, temperatureFeedKey, temperature.ToString("F1"));
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
            Debug.Print("Temperature read+update failed " + ex.Message);
 
            return;
         }
 
         led.Write(false);
      }
 
      private static string BytesToHexString(byte[] bytes)
      {
         string hexString = string.Empty;
 
         // Create a character array for hexidecimal conversion.
         const string hexChars = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 
         // Loop through the bytes.
         for (byte b = 0; b < bytes.Length; b++)          {             if (b > 0)
               hexString += "-";
 
            // Grab the top 4 bits and append the hex equivalent to the return string.
            hexString += hexChars[bytes[b] >> 4];
 
            // Mask off the upper 4 bits to get the rest of it.
            hexString += hexChars[bytes[b] & 0x0F];
         }
 
         return hexString;
      }
   }
}

AdaFruit

C#
*/
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SPOT;
 
namespace smartcrops.IoT.NetMF
{
   public class AdaFruitIoClient
   {
      private const string apiBaseUrlDefault = @"http://IO.adafruit.com/api/smartcrops/";
      private string apiBaseUrl = "";
      private string userName = "";
      private string apiKey = "";
      private int httpRequestTimeoutmSec;
      private int httpRequestReadWriteTimeoutmSec;
 
      public AdaFruitIoClient(string userName, string apiKey, string apiBaseUrl = apiBaseUrlDefault, int httpRequestTimeoutmSec = 2500, int httpRequestReadWriteTimeoutmSec = 5000)
      {
         this.apiBaseUrl = apiBaseUrl;
         this.userName = userName;
         this.apiKey = apiKey;
         this.httpRequestReadWriteTimeoutmSec = httpRequestReadWriteTimeoutmSec;
         this.httpRequestTimeoutmSec = httpRequestTimeoutmSec;
      }
 
      public void FeedUpdate(string group, string feedKey, string value)
      {
         string feedUrl;
 
         if (group.Trim() == string.Empty)
         {
            feedUrl = apiBaseUrl + userName + @"/feeds/" + feedKey + @"/data";
         }
         else
         {
            feedUrl = apiBaseUrl + userName + @"/feeds/" + group.Trim() + "." + feedKey + @"/data";
         }
 
         HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(feedUrl);
         {
            string payload = @"{""value"": """ + value + @"""}";
            byte[] buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(payload);
 
            DateTime httpRequestedStartedAtUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentLength = buffer.Length;
            request.ContentType = @"application/json";
            request.Headers.Add("X-AIO-Key", apiKey);
            request.KeepAlive = false;
            request.Timeout = this.httpRequestTimeoutmSec;
            request.ReadWriteTimeout = this.httpRequestReadWriteTimeoutmSec;
 
            using (Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream())
            {
               stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
            }
 
            using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
            {
               Debug.Print(" Status: " + response.StatusCode + " : " + response.StatusDescription);
            }
 
            TimeSpan duration = DateTime.UtcNow - httpRequestedStartedAtUtc;
            Debug.Print(" Duration: " + duration.ToString());
         }
      }
   }
}

Credits

Gabriel Alejandro Giraldo Santiago

Gabriel Alejandro Giraldo Santiago

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Expert maker with strong soft skills, a leading Hispanic figure in emerging technologies, always seeking new challenges and achievements.

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